From what I know of how the dwarves perished, I would say that Ori had the worst. Being trapped in Moria, looking at Balin's tomb, just waiting for the goblins to break in. That's a pretty tense and scary situation to be in. I would have liked Gandalf to have made some reference of Nori in LOTR when he found his remains. They may have not known each other on a super personal level, but they went on An Unexpected Journey together.

Gimili is quite a character. Though the elves are graceful and wise, the dwarves seems to be a much more vibrant race. I really did enjoy thw banter back and forth between Legolas and Gimli in LOTR. I'd like to see more of that with the eleves and dwarves in The Desolation of Smaug.

From all of this 3 movie business and the more products that will be created because of it, I would hope that the manufacturers could get the items out faster. In my opinion, TBD is lagging here. I don't expect the next line up to be on the shelves so quick, but it's been quite some time since we've seen or heard of any new products coming to the market for 2013. Saying, "Summer 2013" is grand, but what can we expect?